Michael Cross: Britain Year List 2024 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 208 of 208 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 01/01/2024 Stanpit, Dorset No 045 2 Red-breasted Goose Branta ruficollis Yes 31/01/2024 Salthouse, Norfolk No 143 3 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2024 Longham, Dorset No 031 4 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 28/02/2024 Slimbridge, Gloucestershire No 161 5 Greylag Goose Anser anser 03/01/2024 Pennington, Hampshire No 073 6 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 30/01/2024 Blakeney, Norfolk No 138 7 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 28/02/2024 Slimbridge, Gloucestershire No 162 8 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 01/01/2024 Linbrook East Lake, Hampshire No 011 9 Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus 01/02/2024 Welney, Norfolk No 149 10 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 29/01/2024 Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire No 136 11 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 01/01/2024 Longham, Dorset No 036 12 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 03/01/2024 Pennington, Hampshire No 072 13 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 14/01/2024 Eyeworth, Hampshire No 110 14 Garganey Spatula querquedula 07/04/2024 Ringwood, Hampshire No 179 15 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2024 Ibsley Water, Hampshire No 022 16 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2024 Linbrook East Lake, Hampshire No 007 17 Wigeon Mareca penelope 01/01/2024 Linbrook East Lake, Hampshire No 006 18 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2024 Linbrook East Lake, Hampshire No 004 19 Pintail Anas acuta 01/01/2024 Ibsley Water, Hampshire No 021 20 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2024 Pennington, Hampshire No 052 21 Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 30/01/2024 Holkham, Norfolk No 140 22 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 18/01/2024 Ibsley North, Hampshire No 116 23 Pochard Aythya ferina 01/01/2024 Ibsley Water, Hampshire No 024 24 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 01/01/2024 Linbrook East Lake, Hampshire No 013 25 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 01/01/2024 Linbrook East Lake, Hampshire No 005 26 Scaup Aythya marila 03/01/2024 Pennington, Hampshire No 075 27 Eider Somateria mollissima 10/02/2024 Normandy, Hampshire No 154 28 Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca 30/01/2024 Holkham, Norfolk No 139 29 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 02/01/2024 Hengistbury, Dorset No 064 30 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 11/03/2024 Wyke Regis, Dorset No164 31 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 03/01/2024 Normandy, Hampshire No 086 32 Goosander Mergus merganser 01/01/2024 Linbrook East Lake, Hampshire No 008 33 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 03/01/2024 Pennington, Hampshire No 079 34 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 07/02/2024 Wyke Down, Dorset No 152 35 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 07/01/2024 Codford, Wiltshire 36 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 01/02/2024 Welney, Norfolk No 148 37 Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus 02/05/2024 St Catherine's Hill, Dorset No 198 38 Swift Apus apus 21/04/2024 Fish lake Meadows, Hampshire No 193 39 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 21/04/2024 Fish lake Meadows, Hampshire No 194 40 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2024 Christchurch, Dorset No 043 41 Stock Dove Columba oenas 13/01/2024 Kingston Lacy, Dorset No 108 42 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2024 Linbrook East Lake, Hampshire No 016 43 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2024 Ringwood, Hampshire No 028 44 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 03/01/2024 Pennington, Hampshire No 068 45 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2024 Longham, Dorset No 034 46 Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2024 Linbrook East Lake, Hampshire No 009 47 Crane Grus grus 28/02/2024 Slimbridge, Gloucestershire No 163 48 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 01/01/2024 Longham, Dorset No 039 49 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 01/01/2024 Ibsley Water, Hampshire No 026 50 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus 03/01/2024 Normandy, Hampshire No 083 51 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 12/01/2024 Ibsley Water, Hampshire No 102 52 Stone-curlew Burhinus oedicnemus 23/03/2024 Winterbourne Downs, Wiltshire No 169 53 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2024 Stanpit, Dorset No 048 54 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 03/01/2024 Pennington, Hampshire .No 078 55 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 03/01/2024 Pennington, Hampshire No 076 56 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 01/01/2024 Pennington, Hampshire No 054 57 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 03/01/2024 Normandy, Hampshire No 085 58 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 16/03/2024 Ibsley Water, Hampshire No 166 59 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2024 Pennington, Hampshire No 051 60 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 22/04/2024 Stanpit, Dorset No 197 61 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2024 Christchurch, Dorset No 044 62 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica ********** ********** 63 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 03/01/2024 Pennington, Hampshire No 074 64 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 14/01/2024 Mark Ash Wood, Hampshire No 113 65 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2024 Longham, Dorset No 033 66 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 06/04/2024 Arne, Dorset No 176 67 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 20/01/2024 Stour Valley NR, Dorset No 120 68 Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Yes 20/04/2024 Normandy, Hampshire No 192 69 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2024 Stanpit, Dorset No 046 70 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 10/02/2024 Normandy, Hampshire No 155 71 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 03/01/2024 Normandy, Hampshire No 084 72 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 01/01/2024 Pennington, Hampshire No 055 73 Knot Calidris canutus 03/01/2024 Pennington, Hampshire No 077 74 Ruff Calidris pugnax 03/01/2024 Pennington, Hampshire 75 Sanderling Calidris alba 30/01/2024 Titchwell, Norfolk No 141 76 Dunlin Calidris alpina 01/01/2024 Pennington, Hampshire No 053 77 Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima 28/01/2024 Portland Bill, Dorset No 130 78 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 20/04/2024 Normandy, Hampshire No 191 79 Black Tern Chlidonias niger 11/05/2024 Ibsley Water, Hampshire 80 Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri Yes 06/04/2024 Arne, Dorset No 177 81 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 05/05/2024 Portland Bill, Dorset No 201 82 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 11/04/2024 Ibsley Water, Hampshire No 181 83 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 18/05/2024 Normandy, Hampshire No 206 84 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 02/04/2024 Mudeford, Dorset No 174 85 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 27/03/2024 Longham, Dorset No 173 86 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 28/01/2024 Portland Bill, Dorset No 129 87 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 Longham, Dorset No 032 88 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 28/01/2024 Ferrybridge, Dorset No 133 89 Common Gull Larus canus 02/01/2024 Hengistbury, Dorset No 065 90 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2024 Ibsley Water, Hampshire No 023 91 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 12/01/2024 Ibsley Water, Hampshire No 103 92 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2024 Longham, Dorset No 035 93 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2024 Pennington, Hampshire No 056 94 Pomarine Skua Stercorarius pomarinus 05/05/2024 Portland Bill, Dorset No 202 95 Razorbill Alca torda 28/01/2024 Portland Bill, Dorset No 128 96 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 13/01/2024 Mudeford, Dorset No 106 97 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 13/01/2024 Mudeford, Dorset No 105 98 Black-throated Diver Gavia arctica 07/01/2024 Hole's Bay, Dorset No 095 99 Great Northern Diver Gavia immer 28/01/2024 Portland Harbour, Dorset No 132 100 Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 14/01/2024 Durlston, Dorset No 115 101 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus 05/05/2024 Portland Bill, Dorset No 200 102 Gannet Morus bassanus 02/01/2024 Hengistbury, Dorset No 066 103 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2024 Linbrook East Lake, Hampshire No 020 104 Shag Gulosus aristotelis 07/01/2024 Poole Harbour, Dorset No 097 105 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 21/01/2024 Ringwood, Dorset No 122 106 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 03/01/2024 Normandy, Hampshire No 082 107 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 04/05/2024 Fish lake Meadows, Hampshire No 199 108 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2024 Linbrook East Lake, Hampshire No 018 109 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 02/01/2024 Hengistbury, Dorset No 067 110 Great White Egret Ardea alba 01/01/2024 Ibsley Water, Hampshire No 025 111 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2024 Ibsley Water, Hampshire No 027 112 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 06/04/2024 Arne, Dorset No 175 113 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 28/01/2024 St Ives, Dorset No 135 114 Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 27/01/2024 Acres Down, Hampshire No 125 115 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 03/01/2024 Pennington, Hampshire No 070 116 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 31/01/2024 Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire No 146 117 Red Kite Milvus milvus 07/01/2024 Longleat, Wiltshire No 100 118 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 21/04/2024 Martin Down, Hampshire No 196 Not quite truly stringing in magnitude but a bit on the dodgy side 119 Buzzard Buteo buteo 03/01/2024 Blackwater, Hampshire No 092 120 Barn Owl Tyto alba 30/01/2024 Blakeney, Norfolk No 137 121 Little Owl Athene noctua 28/01/2024 Portland Bill, Dorset No 126 122 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 07/02/2024 Wyke Down, Dorset No 151 123 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 30/01/2024 Titchwell, Norfolk No 142 124 Hoopoe Upupa epops 09/04/2024 Lakeside, Hampshire No 180 125 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2024 Longham, Dorset No 037 126 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor 27/01/2024 Acres Down, Hampshire No 123 127 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 02/01/2024 Coward's Marsh, Dorset No 063 128 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 13/01/2024 Ivy Lake, Hampshire No 107 129 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 12/01/2024 Bisterne, Hampshire No 104 130 Merlin Falco columbarius 31/01/2024 Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire No 145 131 Hobby Falco subbuteo 06/05/2024 Fish lake Meadows, Hampshire No 203 132 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 09/02/2024 Christchurch, Dorset No 153 133 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 03/02/2024 Testwood Lakes, Hampshire No 150 134 Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator 17/04/2024 Abbotsbury, Dorset No 190 135 Jay Garrulus glandarius 01/01/2024 Linbrook East Lake, Hampshire No 019 136 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2024 Linbrook East Lake, Hampshire No 010 137 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2024 Linbrook East Lake, Hampshire No 017 138 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2024 Longham, Dorset No 040 139 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2024 Linbrook East Lake, Hampshire No 012 140 Raven Corvus corax 14/01/2024 Mark Ash Wood, Hampshire No 112 141 Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus 20/01/2024 Upton, Dorset No 119 142 Coal Tit Periparus ater 03/01/2024 Blackwater, Hampshire No 099 143 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 14/01/2024 Eyeworth, Hampshire No 111 144 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2024 Longham, Dorset No 041 145 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2024 Linbrook East Lake, Hampshire No 014 146 Woodlark Lullula arborea 27/01/2024 Acres Down, Hampshire No 124 147 Skylark Alauda arvensis 03/01/2024 Pennington, Hampshire No 071 148 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 23/03/2024 Ibsley Water, Hampshire No 170 149 Swallow Hirundo rustica 16/03/2024 Ibsley Water, Hampshire No 165 150 House Martin Delichon urbicum 21/04/2024 Fish lake Meadows, Hampshire No 195 151 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 01/01/2024 Longham, Dorset No 038 152 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 02/01/2024 Ivy Lake, Hampshire No 061 153 Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix 18/05/2024 New Forest, Hampshire No 207. Sadly location witheld. Last thing this bird needs is photographers. 154 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus 27/02/2024 Dorchester, Dorset No 160 155 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 24/03/2024 Pennington, Hampshire No 171 156 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 03/01/2024 Pennington, Hampshire No 069 157 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 11/04/2024 Ibsley, Hampshire No 183 158 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 07/04/2024 Ivy Lake, Hampshire No 178 159 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 24/02/2024 Stanpit, Dorset No 158 160 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 11/04/2024 Ibsley Water, Hampshire No 182 161 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 13/04/2024 Pennington, Hampshire No 184 162 Western Subalpine Warbler Curruca iberiae Yes 17/04/2024 Portland Bill, Dorset No 189 163 Whitethroat Curruca communis 13/04/2024 Pennington, Hampshire No 185 164 Dartford Warbler Curruca undata 03/01/2024 Pennington, Hampshire No 080 165 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 07/01/2024 Hole's Bay, Dorset No 096 166 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 02/01/2024 Ivy Lake, Hampshire No 062 167 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2024 Linbrook East Lake, Hampshire No 015 168 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 03/01/2024 Blackwater, Hampshire No 089 169 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 02/01/2024 Ivy Lake, Hampshire No 060 170 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2024 Longham, Dorset No 029 171 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2024 Linbrook East Lake, Hampshire No 003 172 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 06/01/2024 Kingston Lacy, Dorset No 094 173 Redwing Turdus iliacus 03/01/2024 Blackwater, Hampshire No 088 174 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2024 Linbrook East Lake, Hampshire No 002 175 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 07/01/2024 Codford, Wiltshire No 099 176 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 26/03/2024 Hengistbury, Dorset No 172 177 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 08/05/2024 Hengistbury, Dorset No 204 178 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2024 Southbourne, Dorset No 001 179 Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos 18/05/2024 Lydlinch, Dorset No 208 180 Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros 28/01/2024 Portland Harbour, Dorset No 131 181 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 16/04/2024 Pig Bush, Hampshire No 186 182 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 16/04/2024 Pig Bush, Hampshire No 188 183 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 11/01/2024 Hengistbury, Dorset No 101 184 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 21/03/2024 Stanpit, Dorset No 168 185 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 01/02/2024 Welney, Norfolk 186 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2024 Southbourne, Dorset No 042 187 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2024 Longham, Dorset No 030 188 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 20/01/2024 Stour Valley NR, Dorset No 121 189 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 Stanpit, Dorset No 049 190 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 03/01/2024 Normandy, Hampshire No 087 191 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 16/04/2024 Pig Bush, Hampshire No 187 192 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 24/02/2024 Stanpit, Dorset No 156 193 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 28/01/2024 Portland Bill, Dorset No 127 194 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 02/01/2024 Ivy Lake, Hampshire No 059 195 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 14/01/2024 Mark Ash Wood, Hampshire No 114 196 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 03/01/2024 Blackwater, Hampshire No 091 197 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 13/01/2024 Kingston Lacy, Dorset No 109 198 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 01/01/2024 Stanpit, Dorset No 047 199 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2024 Pennington, Hampshire No 057 200 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 31/01/2024 Sculthorpe, Norfolk No 144 201 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 20/01/2024 Acres Down, Hampshire No 117 202 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 20/01/2024 Acres Down, Hampshire No 117 203 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2024 Stanpit, Dorset No 050 204 Siskin Spinus spinus 02/01/2024 Ivy Lake, Hampshire No 058 205 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 17/03/2024 Martin Down, Hampshire No 167 206 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 27/02/2024 Wyke Regis No 159 207 Cirl Bunting Emberiza cirlus 28/01/2024 Wyke Regis, Dorset No 134 208 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 03/01/2024 Pennington, Hampshire No 081